Electron pressure effects on driven auroral Alfvén waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Vedin, Jörgen ^a   Rönnmark, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33746357948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010610     Document Type: Article

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